Akti
Akti sits on the Finger Wharf at Woolloomooloo, on the eastern edge of the city and open to the harbour along one side. The kitchen works Wednesday to Sunday: lunch at midday, dinner at six.
Almost everything is cooked over fire. Head Chef Robert Judd bakes the pita through service, grills the seafood, and sends out lamb shoulder still smoking. Mezze come first, for the table. Greek whites carry the wine list, Assyrtiko chief among them, and Baraki, the bar next door, keeps to Greek spirits and cocktails.
Akti works for a crowd as well as a couple. Parties of eight to twenty-four order from a banquet sharing menu, and there is a private dining room for a smaller table.
The room
Menus
Greek, cooked over fire
Three menus — food, dessert and drinks — each kept current by the kitchen.
Private dining
Twenty-eight to three hundred
Akti seats 220 and holds 300 standing. The private dining room seats twenty-eight, half the venue seats a hundred, and the whole room can be hired.
220 seated · 300 cocktail
Saturday and Sunday bookings attract a 10% surcharge. Where a party numbers 15 to 24, a 10% gratuity is added.
Akti
What's on here
An SRG Hospitality venue
Akti is an SRG Hospitality venue. The company was founded by Bill and Kathleen Drakopoulos in 2000 and is led today by its managing directors, Daniel Drakopoulos and Perry Drakopoulos.